Joseph Cross

Joseph Cross

ActorProducerDirector
Born
May 28, 1986
Awards
1 wins, 11 nominations

Joseph Cross made his motion picture debut in M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake (1998). Cross was also seen in Strangers with Candy (2005), co-starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, and Greg Hollimon. The prequel to the Comedy Central series of the same name, the film was directed by…

Biography

Joseph Cross made his motion picture debut in M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake (1998). Cross was also seen in Strangers with Candy (2005), co-starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, and Greg Hollimon. The prequel to the Comedy Central series of the same name, the film was directed by Paul Dinello and debuted at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews.

Cross can be seen in the Clint Eastwood-directed Flags of Our Fathers (2006), which was released in August 2006 and Running with Scissors (2006), where he is reunited with Brian Cox.

Cross's other feature film credits include the 1998 thriller Desperate Measures (1998), where he appeared with Brian Cox for the first time, directed by Barbet Schroeder and co-starring Michael Keaton. Cross and Keaton collaborated again in the film Jack Frost (1998), which also starred Kelly Preston. He previously appeared with Diane Keaton in the television film Northern Lights (1997), directed by Linda Yellen. Among his other television credits, Cross appeared in episodes of the popular series Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and Third Watch (1999).

In 2003, Cross made his stage debut at the Williamstown Playhouse in John Guare's play "Landscape of the Body," directed by Michael Greif and co-starring Lili Taylor and Michael Gaston.

Director

Summer NightSummer Night(2019)

Actor

Criminal MindsCriminal Minds(2005)
The Last Thing He Told MeThe Last Thing He Told Me(2023)as Young Frank
AffectionAffection(2025)as Bruce
Stay at Conder Beach(2023)as Jordan
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)as Adam Nesbit, Martin Parish

Producer

O HorizonO Horizon(2025)
Summer NightSummer Night(2019)
Son of MorningSon of Morning(2011)

Archive Footage

Phoenix RisingPhoenix Rising(2022)as Self
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic LegacyClint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy(2021)as Self
Childhood ThoughtsChildhood Thoughts(2015)as Charlie Frost
Touched by an AngelTouched by an Angel(1994)as Petey

Known for

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Joseph Cross and Adelaide Clemens in The Automatic Hate (2015)Joseph Cross and Jessica Szohr in Art Machine (2012)Patricia Clarkson and Joseph CrossDaniel Day-Lewis, David Strathairn, and Joseph Cross in Lincoln (2012)Annette Bening, Joseph Cross, and Ryan Murphy in Running with Scissors (2006)Joseph Cross in Devotion (2022)

Credit Score: Joseph Cross

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#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Big Little Lies100.0020178.4821244802
2Lincoln18.0020127.3212284623
3Mank7.5020206.8210104631
4Licorice Pizza3.7520217.103160978
5Flags of Our Fathers1.9520067.102134272
6Untraceable1.3020086.20054753
7Running with Scissors1.3020066.10023749
8Jack Frost1.2319985.50044647
9Devotion1.0020226.60032702
10Desperate Measures1.0019986.10019122